From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 724: North Carolina’s solar energy industry depends on heavy subsidies from taxpayers and electric ratepayers. State legislators recently heard a presentation from Duke Energy spelling out the details of those subsidies. Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, recaps the presentation’s highlights and the reaction from state lawmakers.
North Carolina’s solar energy industry depends on heavy subsidies from taxpayers and electric ratepayers. State legislators recently heard a presentation from Duke Energy spelling out the details of those subsidies. Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, recaps the presentation’s highlights and the reaction from state lawmakers. North Carolina’s premier higher education watchdog recently changed its...
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses President Trump’s energy-related executive order during the March 31, 2017, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses concerns about North Carolina’s current renewable energy mandates. Way offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
State Rep. Jeff Collins had enough. The Nash County Republican sat through two legislative meetings in two weeks hearing Duke Energy officials describe subsidies and carve-outs handed over to the solar energy industry at taxpayer expense. Often the utility was forced to buy renewable power that wasn’t needed, Collins learned. “It gives me great heartburn...
Two highly regarded Republican political consultants told an audience of state lawmakers, lobbyists, and renewable-energy entrepreneurs Tuesday they should consider government intervention into the renewable energy market a “slam dunk” conservative issue that wins at the ballot box. “There’s a lot of talk that goes on in the legislative building about different energy policies that...
ELIZABETH CITY — Pasquotank County public officials learned in February that they will receive a $9 million grant from the Golden LEAF foundation to build the Amazon Wind Farm Welcome Center and Bird Sanctuary Headquarters adjacent to the recently completed wind project. The total project budget is $9.2 million, with the county and the wind...
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper sought common ground during his first State of the State address to the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Monday night. While the governor’s 37-and-a-half-minute speech asked lawmakers for cooperation with his plans to improve education, recruit jobs, fight the opioid crisis, and help those still affected by Hurricane Matthew, Republicans used their...
Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, wants to scale back North Carolina’s renewable energy mandates and find out how much renewable power actually goes on the grid. A bill he co-sponsored along with House Majority Leader John Bell of Wayne County would do that. House Bill 267, filed Tuesday, would reduce the 2018 target to 8 percent...
Market forces play a critical role in helping people weather the storm (pun intended) of extreme conditions. Ben Foster, a Ph.D. student in environmental sciences and engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, uses the case study of a 2012 drought affecting the Mississippi River to explain how the process works. He shared details during a presentation Monday...
North Carolina taxpayers have spent millions of dollars — and might spend more — to restore a Hyde County landmark before turning it over to a private partner to run as a for-profit enterprise. Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, explains why this arrangement for the Lake Mattamuskeet lodge is raising red flags for government watchdogs....
